Question

Gabriella is X years old her sister Felisha is 6 years older than she is their mother is twice as old is Felicia their aunt Tanya is X years older than their mother write and simplify an expression that represents Tanya's age in years

Answer 1

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Let me lay down the Given, and than I'll solve the question...

Felisha is 6 years older than Gabriella - (y)

Their Mother is 2 times older than Felisha

Their Aunt (Tanya - [x] ) is X years older than Their Mother

We are solving for how old is Tanya? ...

**I stated Gabriella with a y instead of an X so that the equation does not look confusing, feel free to replace my y with "Gabriella(X)", when writing/typing your answer...

**When I use the variable Z, this is how many years Tanya is older than the Mother...

To find how many years Tanya is older than the Mother: Z = 2 * (6 + y)

Now... the answer is: X = (2 * (6 + y)) + Z

I stated it this way, because we have to add Felisha's and Gabriella's age first, and than your multiply that age Total by 2 to get the Mother's age...